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NewsLucozade Ribena Suntory cuts energy use with new £13m production line
The high-speed bottling line requires 40% less energy and water than its predecessor
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NewsCity snapshot: BRC warns of higher prices and food shortages from border friction
The British Retail Consortium has warned the UK faces higher food prices and reduced supply of short shelf-life goods in the event of border friction with the EU.
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NewsMedia Bites 17 Feb: Unilever, Tesco, BRC/Brexit
Unilever has kicked off a strategic review of its health and beauty brands as the consumer goods giant wrestles with slow growth.
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NewsIceland appoints David Devany chief customer & digital officer amid restructure
Meanwhile marketing and merchandising director Neil Hayes has resigned
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NewsBrexit stockpiling leads to record UK food and drink exports
No-deal stockpiling boosted food and drink exports to a record high last year as two Brexit deadlines encouraged foreign buyers to stock up on British goods, official figures show.
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NewsEdgard & Cooper lands Sainsbury’s listing for grain-free dogfood
It marks the Belgium-based brand’s first national grocery listing in the UK
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NewsTesco reprimanded by CMA for ‘unlawfully’ stopping rivals opening nearby stores
The CMA has written to Tesco about 23 stores that have property agreements preventing landlords letting them to other supermarkets
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NewsVieve Protein Water eyes US launch through £150k fundraising drive
The London-based brand is looking for startegic investors who could help it become a leading player in the sports nutrition category
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NewsSales rise at Oscar Mayer but profits hit by escalating costs
UK Ready meals supplier Oscar Mayer grew sales by 5.7% last year to £320m but profits were hit by escalating input costs.
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NewsSainsbury’s bucks grocery’s inflationary trend with price cuts
Sainsbury’s was the only big four supermarket to cut its prices year on year in January as the overall grocery sector remains in mild inflation, with further inflationary pressures on the horizon.
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NewsAlex Scott joins Diversity and Inclusion in Grocery conference lineup of speakers
Now in its second year, the event, at Wembley Stadium, will host about 800 people from 150 companies
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NewsTesco shuffles drinks buying team as John Wootton is promoted
John Wootton has been appointed as category buying manager in grocery after three years leading the wine team
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NewsSuperdrug and Savers apprenticeship enjoys record-breaking year with 500 candidates
The sister retailers say the completion rate hit 10% above the national average
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NewsNaturelly highlights gut health with Juicy Jelly reformulation
Each 120g pot (rsp: 75p) now contains 3g of inulin, a dietary fibre made from chicory root
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NewsFood companies lash out at ‘impossible’ salt reduction targets
Last week Public Health England revealed proposals that would require companies to slash the amount of salt in products
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NewsTesco to take more direct role in Booker buying process
The shake-up has been triggered by the retirement of Booker commercial director Andrew Thompson
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NewsButternut Box secures further £20m investment to accelerate growth
The latest investment takes the total raised by the DTC petfood business to over £40m since launching in 2016
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NewsReg Smith to join Noble Foods as agriculture director
Smith brings 30 years’ experience having held key roles at Atlantic Poultry and Faccenda Foods
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NewsMSC to tighten rules around shark finning
It will introduce a new fishery certification process with more ‘stringent requirements’ to eliminate the practice
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NewsLittle Moons to hike production with new £3.5m London factory
The brand said the Park Royal site would allow it to make roughly 72 million mochi per year